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| From | Sandman <mr@sandman.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: The Death of 10.8? |
| Date | 2013-10-29 15:50 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnl6vml8.dqj.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <slrnl6tlrd.b0i.mr@irc.sandman.net> <barmar-58776C.18105228102013@news.eternal-september.org> <slrnl6uqf2.d0e.mr@irc.sandman.net> <291020130957237203%star@sky.net> <291020130735543773%michelle@michelle.org> |
In article <291020130735543773%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote: > > Sandman: > But isn't beta. And I personally disagree with that. Never > > had any problems > with any 10.x.0 release. At least none that would > > make me consider it > "beta". > > > > Same here. That the new version gets updated in a month or so to fix > > minor bugs still does not make it a beta. Crashes, locks up, doesn't > > do what it is supposed to do--that would be a beta OS. I personally > > haven't seen much of that since 10.0. > > If I recall correctly from my days in software development, alpha means > feature complete; i.e., all features specified in the design documents > are in place and work at least rudimentally. Not generally not. It's up to anyone how they want to apply these labels to their projects of course, but hte consensus is that "alpha" means that the software is run internally for testing. "beta" is when the software is feature-complete and it is released for external testing (by users, other developers, depending on your setup). Some use "pre-alpha" as well to signify the phase before internal testing and very little executable code has been written. Depending on how you develop this phase can include mockups, UI stacks, databases and data, but not anything complete to hold them together. :) -- Sandman[.net]
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The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 14:08 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 15:53 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:12 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <email@michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-28 08:34 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:48 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 16:55 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:24 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? android <here@there.was> - 2013-10-28 17:33 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 10:10 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-10-28 16:14 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-29 09:39 +1300
Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 14:23 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 15:54 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 14:50 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:56 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 15:11 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-28 21:24 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-28 18:10 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 07:49 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 05:49 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 10:25 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 06:52 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 11:41 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-29 10:29 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:38 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:36 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:35 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 06:33 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-29 08:47 -0500
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:45 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 14:32 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-29 09:57 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 07:35 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 15:50 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-29 08:58 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-29 16:03 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:36 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-29 14:32 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 18:11 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-10-28 12:19 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Mordred <mordred@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 19:59 +0100
Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 16:22 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:53 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-28 21:55 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 22:53 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-28 18:58 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 23:24 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 19:13 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:32 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-28 16:35 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-28 20:04 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-28 22:45 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-29 23:26 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-29 18:14 -0700
Re: The Death of 10.8? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-28 23:59 -0400
Re: The Death of 10.8? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-28 20:50 +0000
Re: The Death of 10.8? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-29 10:53 +1300
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